Phraw - micro framework for PHP

Phraw 0.4 release candidate

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 3:47:48 +0000

The Phraw 0.4 release candidate is out.

WHAT'S NEW:

Rain TPL template engine - very fast but also very simple
Session handling - customizable and replaceable
3 routing methods: equal comparison, regular expression, regular expresion in parenthesis (simpler)
Custom routing
Tree route - a flexible way to route through a hierarchy of pages in one shot
Full documentation
Unit tests

Help is welcome. Please, spend some minutes to check this new version.

Download it here.

New routing feature: tree_route()

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 9:46:32 +0000

The new routing tree_route() method is now on the develop branch for the coming v0.4 of Phraw.

With a simple array it is possible to create a structure, use default parameters and customize the behavior.

More informations on the forum.

More powerful routing feature

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 4:44:12 +0000

From the development version it is now possible to use three different methods for matching the route paths: equal comparison, regular expression, regular expresion in parenthesis (simpler).

Equal comparison: 'foo/bar/' matches '/foo/bar/'

Regular expression: 'foo\/bar\/' matches '/foo/bar/'

Regular expression: 'foo/bar(s?)/' matches '/foo/bar/' and '/foo/bars/'

This is a backwards incompatible change, probably you have to correct some routing addresses in your index.php file adding '\/' at the end of your addresses.

The documentation will be available soon.

Ask on the forum for help.

New sessions extension

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:37:08 +0000

From the development version it is now possible to use the sessions in a easiest way. There is also a session files handler ready to use.

See the little gallery of small examples for have a quick idea about or read the documentation.

We need testers!

New pre-packaged distributions

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 3:58:38 +0000

I am publishing pre-packaged distributions for those that want to try Phraw in just a minute.

A distribution is a basic web site with the requested libraries included.

The first distribution in the "vanilla" that contains a basic web site, Phraw v0.3 and the latest version of Smarty (v3.0.8).

Try it on the downloading page.

EDIT: actually there is a second distribution, called "lightspeed", with the template engine RainTPL instead of Smarty, and a third distribution with the lightweight ORM Paris.

The forum is online

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:54:31 +0000

Phraw have now its forum.

You can now request help, post your showcase and discuss about the framework.

Go to the forum.

New RainTPL extension

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:42:55 +0000

From the development version it is now possible to use RainTPL, a very fast and simple template engine, through a Phraw extension.

See the little gallery of small examples for have a quick idea about.

Phraw v0.3 released

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 6:39:33 +0000

Phraw v0.3 is out!

CHANGELOG:

Redirects.
Detection and correction of the trailing slash.
New function for client error headers.
New function for success headers.
Bulk route for static pages of arrays.
New function add_include_path().
New function get_current_domain(), useful for redirects.
Global variables DEBUG and RESOURCES_DIR are now set by default if not present.

Phraw have only few days of life so these are things that are no longer available:

DefaultStarter is removed from the source code because actually the standard way to boostrap Phraw is enough short and simple to write.
static_route() is moved inside Phraw and renamed bulk_route(), now is also more powerful.
SmartyExtension->display_error_404() is now SmartyExtension->display_error() and more powerful because it is possible to use other client error pages.

Restrured the web site and added quick examples

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 7:01:39 +0000

Restructured the navigation of the web site.

Created a little gallery of small quick examples.

Published the Quick Start Guide, a benchmark and the RSS feed

Sat, 19 Feb 2011 2:43:07 +0000

The Quick Start Guide is now online.

Published a first benchmark.

You can now subscribe to the RSS feed!

New Uservoice forum, new news archive and new features

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 1:09:58 +0000

Added the news archive and the Uservoice forum (see the "feedback" button at the left side). Feel free to add suggestions!

Today there are three new features in the development version: redirects, detection of the absence of the trailing slash and the fixing function of the trailing slash.

The following is an example of the trailing slash fixer code:

# At the beginning of the routing code
if ($phraw->detect_no_trailing_slash()) {
    $phraw->fix_trailing_slash();
} else if (...) { # The rest of the code

A the same time it is possible to use URLs with and without the trailing slash. This feature is for SEO purposes.